DLI 1st grade guide

Opinion Writing Rubric 1 st Grade

Score

Statement of Purpose / Focus and Organization (3-point rubric)

Conventions/Editing (3-point rubric)

The response adequately ● States an Opinion ● Supplies evidence (reasons) for the opinion about the topic ● Provides a concluding statement

The response demonstrates command of the conventions ● Capitalize the frst word in a sentence and the pronoun “ I.” ● Use common nouns, verbs, and prepositions. ● Distinguish between common and proper nouns and capitalize appropriately. ● Use singular and plural nouns matching verbs ● Use personal, possessive and indefnite pronouns ● Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future ● Use common adjectives, conjunctions and determiners ● Use end punctuation for sentences ● Use punctuation to separate items in a series The response demonstrates partial command of the conventions ● Capitalize the frst word in a sentence and the pronoun “ I.” ● Use common nouns, verbs, and prepositions. ● Distinguish between common and proper nouns and capitalize appropriately. ● Use singular and plural nouns matching verbs ● Use personal, possessive and indefnite pronouns ● Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future ● Use common adjectives, conjunctions and determiners ● Use end punctuation for sentences ● Use punctuation to separate items in a series

3

The response is: ● Unclear ●

Contains Irrelevant evidence (reasons)

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Minimal concluding statement

2

The response has: ●

The response demonstrates minimal command of conventions:

No stated opinion

●

Errors in usage may obscure meaning

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No evidence (reasons) No concluding statement

● Inconsistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling

1

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illegible

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